Master’s Radio thinks Speith and Thomas Have a Problem. I don’t.
I don’t know who one of the personalities doing the talking was. But, one of them was Colt Knost. They obviously care about Jordan and Justin’s success, which is great. However, their discussion was myopic.
At one point, one of the personalities began talking about how they had become too analytical, or left-brained, or whatever I may not remember from days ago. They rationalized it with Jordan being left-handed (Right-brained, whatever). And, that’s where the analysis ended. You see, one of the commentators was self-acknowledging his own dyslexia which, of course, must give him special insight into what is at issue with Speith and Thomas.
Mr. Dyslexia’s unassailable tower of victimhood should keep him from contrary opinion, right? Almost. Here’s my contrary opinion. Feel free to disagree. First, let me preface my comments with my view that victimhood is mental weakness disguised as social disadvantage, which is idiocy disguised as helplessness, which is laziness disguised as unfairness. It’s all a passive aggressive attempt to manipulate the other person and win without competing. And, “Homey don’t play dat.”
There is NOTHING wrong with Jordan and Justin. They began to live life. They fell in love with their girl(s), got married, had children, and played golf throughout. The only thing that didn’t change was their circle of mouths to feed telling them they are still the greatest golfer playing, they could do no wrong, and they could do everything just as well as they could pre-‘life’.
Imagine a fully-developed ego based on past success. I know this dynamic as well as anyone. At my best, I could fit a two-iron between a caddy’s wingspan 9 out of 10 times while hitting the sweet spot 10 out of 10 times. Then came another point in my golf career, when I could make four putts in a row on the chosen side of “the tee”. Choose any break you like and in doing so, I would NEVER miss the sweet spot. My path and AoA was THE SAME every. single. time. And at yet another point, I could chip and pitch without EVER missing the sweet spot – from any depth of rough. Blah, blah, blah. I practiced until I could not miss… like Jordan and Justin.
Then, life got in the way. I never got worse in my mind. Only my skills degraded, and they did it without my knowledge and permission. Unfortunately, my memory stayed the same. Therefore, with degraded skills, I was still trying to pull off shots from memory instead of reality. I didn’t even have the refined sugar of “Team” telling me how great I was, and I couldn’t detect an atrophied game. Ultimately, it translates into higher scores and a worsening malaise.
Jordan and Justin, who are immensely talented, and who have each been #1 in the World, are just starting to realize their “teams” have done them no good. Justin has jettisoned Bones. Jordan will probably soon do the same with Mike – all because neither has a voice pointing them in the right direction. All they have are eager mouths to feed. They SHOULD jettison their teams, corporate and personal, and get back to basics. It’s not like they need the money. Jack never needed anyone but Barbara and much later Mark McCormack. Arnie?… Forget about it. He and Winnie took on the World.
Winning is the best agent. Majors are the best Sports Psychologist. Their competition is their best trainers. Need is the teacher. All a “Team” does for a player is insulate them from what is supposed to be an exposed competitive dynamic. Furthermore, it’s all controlled by their sponsors. Sad. However, I believe Speith and Thomas are on the cusp of lightening their life load and regaining their prominence soon.
John Wright – Founder
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